Valorant Patch Note 4.01: Riot has released the patch note 4.01 for Valorant which was a much-needed one. However, this is not a very big update unlike the previous one, but it introduces some important changes to the game.
After the 4.00 update, Ares was buffed, and it was too much overpowered in the game. As of now, the developers have made some significant changes to the gun along with a few other changes to balance it. So, let’s have a look at it and know more about it in deep.
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All You Need To Know About Valorant Patch Note 4.01
The patch note 4.01 was released on 19th January and which focused mainly on the Ares buff and the melee tweaks.
- Price increased from 1550 >>> 1600
- Pitch recoil increased
- Spread changed from .8 >>> .7 after 10 bullets to 1.0 >>> .7 after 13 bullets
- Crouch benefits spread and recoil reduced from 40% >>> 25%
The Ares will now cost 1600 credits, and the recoil is also increased a little. Apart from this, there are also several other changes made in the Valorant patch 4.01.
Melee
Patch Notes 4.01:
🛠️ Round 2 with Ares adjustments.
🗡️ Melee tweaks are in.
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- Right click hitboxes are now 1.5x larger. Left click hitboxes are now larger than a right click and have a slightly longer range too.
- Targets closer to the center of your knife attacks will get hit first, so you still have precision if you need it.
- Bonus: Knifing walls now have instant feedback when slicing up walls (predicted on the client side)
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Bugs
- Fixed a bug where the Origin collection idle Animations weren’t playing for some levels and variants in Spectator mode
ESPORTS FEATURES
- Fixed an issue where observer player hotkeys would change after side-swap.
PERFORMANCE
- Fixed an issue where performance charts that require NVIDIA Reflex were displayed and could not be hidden
So, these are the changes as of now made in Valorant patch 4.01. Players will hope this will surely reduce the use of Ares and spam in the game which sometimes becomes a little annoying.
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